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F. L. STARCKE.

' MANUFACTURING AND DECORATING ARTISTIC ARTICLES# PatentedJaJnr. .1"0`, 1882.

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UNITED l STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARALD F. L. STARCKE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

MANUFACTURING AND DECoRATtNG ARTISTIC ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 252,151, dated January 10, 1882. Application filed November 1, 1881. (No model.) Patented in France September 22, 1,881.

Io all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARALD FREDERICK LAURITZ STARCKE, of Paris, in the Republic ot' France, have invented a Modefor Manufacturing and Decorating Artistic Articles denominated French Cl0is0nns,7 (for which I have obtained Letters Patent of France for fifteen years, dated September 22, 1881;) and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description thereof, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

This4 invention relates to a new manner of forming polished ornaments on a base of metal, stone, or the like; and it consists in combining a metallic cellular framing with an inner ornamental filling, as hereinafter described.

Figure l is a plan view of' a slab ornamented according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a crosssection outhe line l 2, Fig. l.

a is a slab of slate, metal, or other material'. To theface of this slab are fastened by strongadhesive cement projecting ribs b b, ofthin metal. These ribs are first cut and bent to conform to `the outlines of a picture to be reproduced, and

` b form on the slab series ofcells, c dfg, of equal depths, that are afterward filled in Hush with the surface cf said ribs with cemen ts of varying colors and substances, such as marble-cement, metallic oxides, or the like. These manycolored cells produce a picture of the desired hues, that are separa-ted by the outlines furnished bythe metal plates b. The background m of the picture is also produced by filling the corresponding` cells on the slab a with marblecement or other cement of the proper shade. When the cement has all become dry the surface of the finished picture is polished, and may then also be glazed. Thus a rich eect is obtained by simple means.

I'claim- 1. The slab a, combined with the projecting metallic ribs or plates b, forming cells, and with the lling of cement contained in said cells, substantially as specified.

2. The method herein described of ornamenting the surfaces of slabs or the like, which method consists in first attaching metallic ribs by adhesive cement to said slabs, and in then filling the spaces between said ribs Hush with the outer edges thereof with colored eements, substantially as herein specified.

HARALD E. L. sTAEcKE.

Witnesses:

C. BLETRY, A. BLTRY. 

